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VP of Sales (Vice President of Sales) jobs: 1,293 open roles, pay, industries and skills

1,293 open Vice President of Sales jobs, taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Also listed as VP Sales, Vice President, Sales, SVP Sales, Senior Vice President of Sales, EVP Sales. Listings that state pay show a median of $180,000 a year.

The market for Vice President of Sales work

Every figure is counted from verified open listings. Pay is what the employer advertises for the job.

Verified open Vice President of Sales jobs
1,293

Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.

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Median pay in listings that state it
$180,000

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State with the most openings
California (157)

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Industry hiring the most
Financial Services & Banking (23%)

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Listings that are remote
62%

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Listings that ask for an AI skill
13%

Source: NextChapter verified openings, read in full.

What a VP of Sales does

Vice president role in Sales.

A vice president of sales runs the sales team, the quota and the forecast for a company or a large business unit.

Usually reports to a C-suite leader or the CEO, and manages directors. SVP and EVP titles are the same job at a larger scale, and are counted here.

Other ways this role is written

  • VP of Sales
  • VP Sales
  • Vice President of Sales
  • Vice President, Sales
  • SVP Sales
  • Senior Vice President of Sales
  • EVP Sales
  • Executive Vice President of Sales
  • VP of Revenue
  • VP of Business Development
  • Sales VP

Listings under any of these titles are counted on this page. Assistant, associate, manager and staff titles are not.

Open Vice President of Sales jobs

Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.

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VP of Sales salary

From 321 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars, base pay only.

Lower quarter
$150,000
Median
$180,000
Upper quarter
$225,000

Leadership pay often includes bonus and equity that a listing does not state. Treat these figures as the floor of the conversation, not the whole package.

Best industries for VP of Sales jobs

Employers hiring the most, as a share of listings whose employer has a known industry. Median pay shown where at least 8 listings state it.

Where VP of Sales jobs are

States with the most open listings; median pay where at least 8 listings state it.

Skills VP of Sales jobs ask for

Named in the listings themselves, as a share of 396 Vice President of Sales listings that name skills. Leadership listings name fewer skills than individual-contributor ones, so this is a signal, not a checklist.

Most named in VP of Sales listings

  1. 1. forecasting30%
  2. 2. go-to-market29%
  3. 3. crm23%
  4. 4. enterprise sales22%
  5. 5. salesforce16%
  6. 6. quota16%
  7. 7. pipeline management14%
  8. 8. procurement12%
  9. 9. supply chain9%
  10. 10. strategic planning9%

Across all Sales openings

  1. 1. crm5%
  2. 2. salesforce4%
  3. 3. excel4%
  4. 4. quota3%
  5. 5. forecasting2%
  6. 6. go-to-market2%
  7. 7. onboarding2%
  8. 8. procurement2%
  9. 9. logistics2%
  10. 10. powerpoint2%

AI skills for VP of Sales jobs

Specific AI skills named in the full posting text, such as prompt engineering, AI governance or an AI tool. A general mention of AI does not count.

13% of 388 open Vice President of Sales listings ask for a specific AI skill, against 3% of all Sales openings.

AI skills named most often

  1. 1. AI tools in daily work7%
  2. 2. AI governance and risk2%
  3. 3. LLM application engineering2%
  4. 4. AI workflow automation2%
  5. 5. Model training and deep learning1%
  6. 6. AI adoption and change management1%

Do AI skills change vice president of sales pay?

For Sales roles in general, as of November 2, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for vice president of sales alone: one title rarely has enough listings on both sides.

Among Sales listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise +16.5% (about $25.5k) compared with similar listings that do not, matched on level and industry.

Listings that ask for an AI skill
$175,000
median, from 1,433 paid listings
Listings that never mention AI
$137,500
median, from 2,341 paid listings

Advertised pay only: the midpoint of the range an employer posted, on live U.S. postings read from the full text. “Asks for an AI skill” means the posting names a specific AI skill; “no AI” means it never mentions AI. A difference in what is advertised is not a promise of what you would be paid, and it does not show that learning a skill causes a raise.

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Job titles under VP of Sales

The exact titles employers use, with their own job and salary pages.

Employers hiring for VP of Sales roles

  • Confidential 104
  • Resourceful Talent Group 19
  • JPMorgan Chase 14
  • Naviga 10
  • Naviga Recruiting & Executive Search 10
  • Enterprise Bank and Trust 10
  • JRG Partners 9
  • Sedgwick 7
  • LHC Group 7
  • GPAC 7
  • Career Launch 7
  • Publicis Groupe 6

VP of Sales questions

What does a VP of Sales do?
A vice president of sales runs the sales team, the quota and the forecast for a company or a large business unit. Usually reports to a C-suite leader or the CEO, and manages directors. SVP and EVP titles are the same job at a larger scale, and are counted here.
What else is a VP of Sales called?
The same job is also written VP Sales, Vice President of Sales, Vice President, Sales, SVP Sales, Senior Vice President of Sales, EVP Sales, Executive Vice President of Sales, VP of Revenue.
How many VP of Sales jobs are open?
1,293 verified open Vice President of Sales jobs, each checked against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
How much does a VP of Sales make?
Among 321 open Vice President of Sales listings that state pay, the median is $180,000 a year, and half of listings fall between $150,000 and $225,000. This is pay the employer advertises for the job, not total compensation such as bonus or equity.
Where are VP of Sales jobs?
California (157), New York (146), Texas (134), Illinois (77) have the most open Vice President of Sales listings. About 62% of listings that state a work arrangement are remote.
Which state pays a VP of Sales the most?
Of the states with enough listings that state pay, New York has the highest median at $195,000.
Which industries hire for VP of Sales roles?
Financial Services & Banking (23%), Technology & Software (23%), Healthcare & Hospital Systems (16%), Manufacturing & Industrial (10%), as a share of listings whose employer has a known industry.
What skills do VP of Sales jobs ask for?
The skills named most often in open Vice President of Sales listings are forecasting, go-to-market, crm, enterprise sales, salesforce.
Do VP of Sales jobs ask for AI skills?
13% of 388 open Vice President of Sales listings read in full name a specific AI skill. The most common is AI tools in daily work.

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